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Design & construction: Built to fit
Design & construction Calculation

Finite Elements Analysis (FEA): Working smarter from the start

Prototyping: Equal to the final product
Prototyping

While vehicles are not built around the gaskets, they are still critical Components. Attention to product design combined with high-quality materials is the best foundation for functional, reliable, high-quality gaskets. Thinking ahead is part of going the extra mile for customer at VICTOR REINZ. During the gasket’s design phase, we simulate the automated assembly sequence in the production line or during servicing, and also consider the packaging aspects. Even recycling issues and clean separation of the materials used is factored in.

Interfaces: “Built-in” understanding
»Built-in« understanding

Ever more often, increasingly complex designs are required for metal gaskets. Whether in the exhaust train, in turbochargers, or special gaskets for highpressure diesel Fuel pumps – suitable sealing is ensured by half beads, full beads, and the patented Wave-Stopper®. Not an easy task. If requested by the customer, we conduct FEA calculations of the entire sealing system, i.e. the gasket and the components to be sealed. The advantage: During FEA calculations early in the design phase, all relevant functional parts and critical areas of the entire sealing system are examined in detail to ensure optimum gasket development in the shortest time. Moreover, FEA calculations supply valuable details on component stiffness, distortion, and pressure distribution. VICTOR REINZ development engineers think and work in conjunction with our customers' development departments. This leads to the high efficiency that gives our customers a leading edge, and permits our products to be adapted quickly to changing conditions.

Take metal gaskets, for example: We use close-to-production tooling from the start. After the sheets have been coated on series production plant, and the gasket contour has been cut with lasers, even the most complex beads can be stamped with our embossing Tools. Of course, all these tools are produced on our premises quickly and cost-effectively. Your advantage: Prototypes are of the same quality as the later series gaskets – with few deviations. Modern CNC-controlled measurement equipment ensures optimum quality monitoring. Subsequently, all relevant data are recorded in a technical document.

Tougher than practical use
Testing

Sealing systems from VICTOR REINZ not only fit the vehicles for which they are designed; they also fit the 3D computer-design worlds of our customers. We speak the same language as your designers and supply geometrical data of the required cylinder head cover in the specified data format, using the fastest available online data transmission methods.

Along with the latest engine testing methods, we conduct extensive testing in our chemical and physical laboratories whenever necessary. As a customer, you have the choice of numerous testing and simulation possibilities, allowing you to determine the testing scope and budget. This ensures that you receive optimum value during the testing phase.

Scientific methods instead of chance: The application of FEA makes many empirical approaches superfluous during the design of a sealing system.

An entirely new level of quality for prototypes – made possible by VICTOR REINZ with close-to-production tooling.

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